#1 Trending
Georges Méliès
11.047 weergaven · 1 min leestijd
Marie Georges Jean Méliès was een Franse filmpionier en illusionist.
Top reads and historical moments for this date. 5 min leestijd
Top Reads
12 artikelen
#5
8.095 weergaven
Somerville College is een van de 39 constituerende colleges van de Universiteit van Oxford in het Verenigd Koninkrijk. H…
#6
5.814 weergaven
De Nationale Dodenherdenking, Nationale Herdenking of Dodenherdenking is oorspronkelijk de herdenking van tijdens de Twe…
7
5.556 weergaven
10
3.865 weergaven
11
3.829 weergaven
12
3.661 weergaven
13
3.646 weergaven
15
3.260 weergaven
16
3.187 weergaven
17
3.032 weergaven
18
2.994 weergaven
On This Day
10 gebeurtenissen2021
Twenty-six people are killed and ninety-eight are injured after an elevated section of the Mexico City Metro collapses.
2007
Three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappeared from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal; she has never been found.
1999
The Kargil War initiates when Indian forces detected the infiltration of Pakistani forces in Indian-administered Kargil, a city in Jammu and Kashmir.
1999
A Doppler on Wheels team measured the fastest winds recorded on Earth, at 143.6 m/s (321 mph; 517 km/h), in a tornado near Bridge Creek, Oklahoma.
1971
Erich Honecker became First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, the governing party of East Germany.
1963
Police in Birmingham, Alabama, used high-pressure water hoses and dogs against civil-rights protesters, bringing scrutiny on racial segregation in the southern United States.
1960
The Off-Broadway show The Fantasticks premiered, eventually becoming the world's longest-running musical, with 17,162 performances across 42 years.
1947
A new Constitution of Japan went into effect, providing for a parliamentary system of government, guaranteeing certain fundamental rights, and relegating the Japanese monarchy to a purely ceremonial role.
1945
Second World War: The German ocean liner Cap Arcona, afloat in the Bay of Lübeck with thousands of concentration camp survivors on board, was attacked and sunk by the Royal Air Force.
1942
Second World War: Japanese forces began an invasion of Tulagi and nearby islands in the British Solomon Islands, enabling them to threaten and intercept supply and communication routes between the United States and Australasia.